r/OldEnglish↗
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A subreddit for the Old English language, the earliest attested stage of English, which was spoken in England from the 5th through the 11th centuries. Old English is not the English of Shakespeare, nor the English of Chaucer; we're talking about the language of Beowulf, spoken by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes over 1,200 years ago. Whether you're a linguist, a bibliophile, a logophile or just curious — all are welcome here!
18k subscribers24 posts / mo in Sep 202623 authors / mosince 2012
r/OldEnglish has 18k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 24 posts a month from 23 people. Top topics: English Languages, Grammatical Gender and Nouns and Translation Requests.
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- English Languages2.5%
- Grammatical Gender and Nouns1.7%
- Translation Requests1.1%
- German Nouns and Gender0.6%
- PronunciationSpoilers0.5%
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